One day, you decided to make this little piggy face. The more we laughed, the more you made the face! You only did it for one day and then haven't done it since! Lucky I have photographic evidence.
You're still crazy about all things Cars. In fact, you insist on wearing a Cars t-shirt every day. I've bought so new Cars t-shirts in the last couple weeks as we can't keep up with the laundry. Your favourite train is still Gordon. In fact, we pack a "train bag" every time we go out and you always put a Gordon train in there.
Development:
- Counting to 100...and beyond! At night, we turn on a turtle light that beams the moon and stars on the ceiling. It's a routine that you want to count all the stars before you go to sleep. So each night, we count up to 100, though when you really don't want to sleep, you'll count 101, 102.... Suffice to say, it takes a long time before you fall asleep!
- A few months ago, you surprised us by counting backwards!
- You know how to spell your name. You know that Daddy is called David and Mummy is called Pauline. I'm trying to teach you to memorise our address and my phone number. You remember which bus numbers we catch to go to school.
- "Oh dear..." "Oh my goodness!" and the ever funny one that I'm sure you picked up from us, "Oh my gawd.....!"
- You love singing the Alphabet song and the Thomas song. Yesterday I got a cute video of you singing the Thomas song at breakfast.
- You know lots of colours in both English and Chinese
- When we ask you to speak Chinese, you'll start reciting the numbers. Grandma says you can count quite far in Chinese as well. Such a smart cookie.
Daycare:
You still cry when you drop you off for school. In fact, you sometimes start complaining before we even reach the door.
"I want to go home! I want to see Mummy! I don't want to go to school"
I'm told you calm down after a few minutes and happily play the rest of the day. I love picking you up from daycare because you're always so excited to go home! You'll shout loudly: "Bye everyone!" and run to get your shoes.
Here's a video from last month when I picked you up (2y8m):
Daycare pickup (2y7m) - look at that big smile!
Daycare pickup (2y5m) - I love capturing your reaction when you see me.
Just for fun, this was your reaction to seeing us when we picked you up from your first day at daycare:
Food:
- Still love Asian food and your "bowl rice". You still especially love Japanese miso soup, teriyaki and croquets, which you call "crunchy one".
- Yakult!
- Your gummy bear vitamins
- Watermelon
- Chocolate (especially kinder surprise)
TV shows:
- The Cars movie: you know all the character names though you still pronounce Lighting as LightMing...haha
- Thomas the Tank Engine, as long as Gordon is starring in the show
- Baby Jake
Swimming:
- You've graduated to the tadpole class! You love watching videos taken of you swimming. In fact, you could watch those videos on repeat. You're much more comfortable with the water now, you can put your head underwater and blow bubbles.
Coordination:
- You're still very cautious when it comes to trying new things like climbing. We're trying to encourage you be less afraid and go up the slides and climbing equipment by yourself. You still much prefer to grab a book and ask someone to read to you, your favourite phrase when we're doing your bedtime stories, "Read please" after every page.
Sleep:
- 4 months ago Daddy let you sleep in our bed while I was traveling for work. Now we can't get you to sleep in your own bed in your own room! You'll cry and refuse to even touch the little bed. When I tried the tactic of sleeping in your room, you would crawl to the floor and sleep next to me rather than sleep on the comfy mattress. Our next plan of action is to get you a big bed and decorate your room with all things Lighting McQueen and Mater. Fingers crossed that works...
Here's an iMovie of you age 2y5m:
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